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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1831

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Lunar month 227Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain21Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 8, 1831

Lunar 一八三一年 · 二月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1831-04-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1831-04-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1831-04-21

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1831-05-06

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬辰

二月廿六

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Break groundBreak ground for burialReceive wealthDig a wellHang a signboardOpen for businessTimber workTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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